Band-cutter and feeder.



No. 746,961. PATENTED D50, 15, 1903. A. J. HEINE. BAND CUTTER ANDFEEDER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 19, 1900. RENEWED JUNE 1. 1903. N0 MODEL. 7 4SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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AUGUST J. Hnmnyor WA E ON, non'rHj'nAKoT'A', A SSIGNOR 'ronnnvnMANUFAGTURINGCOMPANY, or. WAHPETON, NORTH. DAKOTA, ACOR- PORATION OFNORTH DAKOTA.

BAND-cun- SPECIFIGATIQN forming plan sat s Patent is. 746,961,"datedDecember 15, 1 903. vApplication filed March 19, 1900. Renewed-T line;1, 1903; Serial No; 159,627 (No model.)

To an whqmjit' may'eoncern: I

wBeit known that LAUGUsT J. HEINE, of Wahpetn,couuty of Richland,Stateof North Dakota, have invented certain new and use- 3" ful Improvementsin Band-Gutters and Feeders,-of which the following is a-spehifioation.

My invention relates to band-cutters and feeders, forthreshing-machines.

' The object of the invention is to simplify lo. and improvetheretarding mechanism'shown and described in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates granted to me May 2,1899, N01624l023;

A further object .is to provide means *for advancing toward the cylinderany' loose bunches or bundles of grain-delivered bythe carrier.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all ashore inafter deseribedjand particularly pointed outin the claims. a

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a side elevation of the forward end of a separator with myinvention attached thereto. Fig." 2 is a similar view of the oppositeside of the separator. Fig. 3'is a sectional, view show.- ing the feedmechanism. Fig. 4 is vertical section on the line a: jm of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 2 represents the frame of 3o the-separator, 3 thecylinder mounted llhBIB'.

' 'ing in height preferably from the outer t0- in, and 4 thec'ylindenconcave. v 5 represents the body or frame of the bandcutter andfeeder, and 5 the carrier adapted to deliver bundles of grain .to thefeed mechanism. The feed mechanism is interposed Within the frame 5between the carrier and the cylinder, and, as fully set. forth in mypatent above referred to, said feed mechanism is adapted to out thebands on the 0 bundle, loosen" and spread the grain, and feed the lowerportion of each bundle, in a thin stream toward the cylinder, while theupper portion of the bu'ndleis retarded or held back by suitable devicesuntil the lower portion 5 has passed into the'cylinder, when'it becomesdisengaged from the retarding device and falls or slides down intothe'cylin'de'r also.

The feed mechanism consistsgof series' of knives 6, mounted at intervalsupon the shaft 5o 7, extending across the ma ehine.' #:Tnese knivespreferably have two blades, as shown; but-a greater or lessnum berm aybe em ployed, Iif preferred.

8 represents a plate provided with a series iof teethor serrations 9 andarranged above ;the shaft 7 and having longitudinal 'slots vthroughwhich theblades of the knives. 6 extend, said plate preventing thegrain'from jwinding around-the shaft 7 and clogging the knives. Theplate 8 is preferably archedgover the shaft 7, as shown, and its innerend is pivotally supported on the links 10, and its gou'rer endis-pivotally connected by links 11 with a crank-shaft 12, mountedinbearings 13 on the frame 5. When-the crank-shaft is .operated, alongitudinal reciprocating move- ;ment will be imparted to the plate8;.and any 7 loose stalks or spears of graiu'that may fall ithereonfromthe carrier will be advanced i over or between the knives toward thecylinider. This reciprocating feature of the plate 18 is particularlyadvantageonswhen the opierator desires to feed a'quantity of loose grain@to the cylinder, which unless advanced by the ireciproeati'ngmove'uientof theplate would jbe'apt to lodge thereon and clog up thefeed I mechanism. Beneath the revolving knives is a substantiallyhorizontal flat plate 14, having a series of teeth or corrugations 15,arranged transversely thereof and increasward the inner end of theplate. The outer end of said plate 14 is pivotally supportedon swinginglevers 16, monntedvon a shaft 17, and the upper ends of said leversarepivotall y connected to the plate 8, so that the movement of the crank12 will operate said plates v simuli'laneou'sly but in oppositedirections, fdra wing one out :as the other is shoved in @The inner-endof the corrugated plate 14 is supported on a feed-board 18, that is inturn supported by pins 19 in the frame of the sepairator in from of thecylinder. By removing gthe pins 19 the feed-board 18 may be withdrawnandithe plate 14 dropped down to the 95 'posi-tion'indi'catedby dottedlines to permit access to the cylinder; The plate 14 receives gall thekernels of grain that fall through the iplate .8 as thebundles passthrough the feed i mechanism, and the reciprocating movement charge endof the carrier to permit bundles that are delivered flatwise to passthrough to the pickers.

of said plate 14 advances the kernels falling thereon toward and intothe cylinder.

As the bundles of grain are delivered by the carrier upon the plate 8they will be engaged by the revolving knives, the bands cut, and thegrain advanced towardthe cylinder.

In place of the retarding device shownin my former patent Lprefer toprovidea mech anism accomplishitig the same result, but

much more simple in construction, and con-' ftarding. device comprisinga frame or shoe consisting, preferably, of a series of slats 20,arranged. at intervals on cross-bars 21 and 22, the outer ends of saidslats being turned'up,

as shown, to present a rounded surface and.

prevent the bundles of grain from lodging thereon.

their ends tothe bars 21 and 22. The shoe is pivotally supported nearitsouter end upon a shaft 24, whereon are arranged at intervals between theslats a series of revolving pickers 25, adapted to engage the bundlesoff grain and advance them into position to be engaged by the knives.These pickers are located a sufficient distance above the distheband-cutters without being engaged by If, however, any of the bundlesshould be tipped up on end as they pass over the discharge end of thecarrier, they will be engaged andleveled by the picker-wheels, so thatall of the bundles will be deliveredto the cutters in a substantiallyhorizontal position. The inner end of the shoe is supported upon a shaft26, that passes through the sides 23 and has one end projecting througha slot 27 in the side of the feeder-frame. A series of pickers 28 areprovided at intervals on the shaft 26 between the slats 20 andcorresponding to the pickers 25, above described, except that they arepreferably larger and driven at a slower speed. The pickers 26 engagethe tops of the'bundles, and as the pickers are revolved slower than theknives 6 it follows that the tops of the bundles will be held back orretarded while the lower portions thereof are driven forward into thecyl inder by the revolving knives. The grain is prevented from beingcarried up around its pivot can, as indicated by dotted lines, moveupwardly and accommodate itself to the quantity of grain passing overthe feed,

In this connection I- may The sides of the shoe are formed; by slats 23,arranged on edge and secured atmechanism. Stops 29, provided on thesides of the separator, limit the downward movement of the shoe. On thetop of the feederframe I provide a shaft 30, having at one end a largesprocket 31 and at its opposite end a small sprocket 32. A chain 33connects the sprocket with a small sprocket on the shaft 7, whereby theknives are rapidly'revolved. A chain '34 passes over the small sprocket32 and an idler 35 tothe sprocket 36 on the carrier-shaft 37, and saidchain also drives a sprocket -38 on'the shaft 24. The opposite end ofthe shaft 2d is provided with a small sprocket 39, from whicha chain 40passes to a large sprocket 41on f'the shaft" 26. The'pickers at-theonterend.;of. the shoe are therefore driven much faster than those overthe knives near the innerendofthe shoe. The crank 12 is drivenf fom theshaft7 by a chain 42, passing over sprockets43 and 4st, provided on saidshafts, respectively.

,the carrier-framefand supportit upon a cable :45, connected, at one endto the carrier-frame and at the other-to a Windlass 46. At an inter-:mediate point the cable passes over the pul- I ley 47 onthe-feeder-frame. By means of this' Windlass and, rope the operator cansup- ;port the carrier-in position-to advance the igrain to the feedmechanism or allow the icarrier to drop down and swing back underlthe'feeder-frame, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. l I prefertoprovide afeed-limiting mechaniism above the conveyer and in frontofthe lretarding device,'s aid, limiting mechanism ipermitting a singlebundle or la'yer of .bun- ,dles on the carrierto'pass freelyinto the ma-%.chine, but holding backer throwing off. any

ibundle that is not properly placed on the icarrier or is put on top ofanother bundle gthereon, thus rendering it impossible to clog ;'theband-cutter andfeeder. The feed-limit- :ing mechanism comprises theparallelpbars 50, pivot-ally supported ontheend of the shaft 30 andconnected by rods 51. and 52 and ,by am ultiple crank-shaft 53, that ismounted in bearings preferably atthe outerend of saidxb ars. To permitthe vertical adj ustment pfthe bars andthe mechanism carriedthe'reb -Iprerfer to provide the curved rack-bars 54: on the rod 51, the teeth ofsaidbars engaging pinions {55, provided on a shaft 56 on the top of thei'feeder-casing. A dog 57 ,engaging the teeth {of the pinion, locks thebars 50 many desired f position. As shown in Fig, 1, the endpfftheFshaft 56, is preferably square to receive the ;crank by meaiisofwhic'hthe shaft may be {revolved and the feede-limiting mechanism adjusted.Upon the crank-shaft 53 a series of barsor kickers '57-'are pivotallyarranged connected at their upper ends to a shaft 58 .iby pivoted links59, said shaft being support ted upon levers 60, that are pivoted to thebars 50 and connected with the feeder-casing by pivoted links 61. Thekickers have adown- .ward and forward movement towardthe re- As showniuEigs. 1- an'd 2, I fprefer t'o hinge ceivingend of the carrier andengage the upper bundles should they be fed in layers two bundles deepand toss or throw them back toward the receiving endof the carrier, andthus prevent the bundles from being fed into the machinetoo, rapidly andclogging the bandcutting andfeeding mechanism. The limit-' ing mechanismcan be readily adjusted according to the size of the bundles that arefed into the machine, and while permitting two bundles side by side or asingle layer of bundles to pass into the machine will stop andthrow-back any bundles that may byaccident or design be placed upon thecarrier and which wouldtendto clog the band-cutting and feedingmechanism.

; The crank shaft 53 be driven in any suitable in anner; but I prefer tooperate it by a chain 62, passing over sprockets provided on theshaftand said crank-shaft.

In various ways my improved band-cutting and feeding mechanism may bemodified by anyone-skilled in the art, and I do not, therefore, wish tobe confined to the details of con: struction hereinfset forth. 1 n

Having thus described ,my, invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 7 1. Ina band-cutterandfeedergthe combination,with a cylinder and feed board, ot'a 1 1 over said band cuttersandhaving a limited bundle-carrier, rotarymeans disposed beofrapidlyrevolving pickers mounted above the discharge end of said carrierand at a snffi -z 5 7 4 1 temporarily. holdj back the same while theirei'ent-distance therefrom to allowthe bundles engaged by-saidpickers-and said pickers be;

ing1adapt'ed, to engage :bundles delivered on T endfrom saidcarrier andlevel and direct v nation, with a cylinder andfeed-board, of a door orplateaboye said feed-board, a series i of; rotary band-cutters operatingthrough said them toward said band-cutting means, a second series ofrevolving pickers located oversaidhband-cutting means and operating at aslower speediand adapted to yield vertically f under pressureof thegrainand to engage the i tops of -the;bnndles after the bands are cutv andtemporarily hold the same while the-lower; portions *of #thebundl'es areadvanced; toward the cylinder by the band-cutting means, sn b-;stantially as nescri bed.

2. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination, with the cylinder andfeed-board, of

the bundle-carrier, rotary .,nl6imS d spq arranged between saidfeed-board and carrier for cutting the bundle-bands and spreading thegrain an unobstructed space being provided between said cylinder andband-cutters, a frame or shoe arranged above said bandcutting' means andpivotally supported near its outer end and adapted to swing verticallyunder pressure of the grain, a series of rapidly-revolving pickersmounted in said shoe above the discharge end of saidcarrier and at asufficient distance therefrom to allow the bundles lying flatwise topass through withoutvbeingengaged by said-pickers and said pickers beingadapted .to engage bundles delivered onend from said carrier andleveland direct them toward said band-cutting means, a second series ofrevolving pickers also mounted in said shoeaud located over saidband-cutting means and operating at a slower speed adapted to engage thetops of the bunbundles are advanced toward the cylinder by i saidband-cutting means, substantially as described.

' dles after the bands are cut and temporarily I hold the same while thelower portions of the nation,v with a cylinder and feed board, of a 4floor or plate located above said board and inclinedtoward thesame andsaid cylinder, aseries of rotary baud-cutters operating throughsaidfloor and adapted to cut the bandsand advance the lower portions ofthe bundles down the incline toward said cylinder, a bundie-carrier fordelivering the bundlesof'grain to said door in position to be engaged bysaid band-cutters, a shaftfl i moun e eve e disc r e end f Said j rier ash'oe pivoted, thereon, a series of rapd y-r o vin pi k r mo nte nsShaft and operating through said shoe to engage and levelthestandingbundles delivered by 1 said carrier, a;shaft 2 6 mounted in saidshoe vertical movement withsaid shoe, a seriesof pickers mounted on saidshaft 26 and operating through said. shoe at a slower speed than saidfirst-named wheelsand said bandcutters and adapted to engagewithoutconipressing t wpsefthe. e idlesef stain n 1 lower portions arefedforward to the cylinder said scribed.- V

4;. In a band-cutter'aud feeder, the combi floor, an unobstructed spacebeing provided betweenstt d cylinder and band-cutters, a

shoe 23 mounted on said. shaft and having a w ngimz rert ca mo em nt e at p supporting; the free end of said shoe, a shaft 0unte n aid hee ee tr ee Over said band-cutters and projecting through a slot in said casingand whereinsaid shaft has a limited vertical movement with said shoe, aseries of revolving pickers mounted on said shaft 26 and operating at aslower speed than said band-cutters and adapted toengage the tops of thebundles of grain and hold back the same while the lower portions are fedforward into said unobstructed space toward said cylinder by saidband-cutters, substantially as described.

5. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combi band cn tterspsnbstantialiy asdenation, with the feed-board and cylinder, of a plate inclined towardsaid cylinder and located above said feed-board, an unobstructed spacebeing provided between said cylinder and shoe, a series of band-cuttersoperating through said floor, a bundle-carrier for delivering thebundles of grain to said floor in position to be engaged by saidband-cutters, feed-limiting devices overhanging the discharge end ofsaid carrier and adapted to engage the overplus bundles and throw themtoward the receiving end of the same, a slatted frame or shoe pivotedabove said carrier and having a vertical swinging movement on itspivots, the free end of said shoe being over said band-cutters, and aseries of pickers mounted in said shoe and movable therewith andrevolving at a slower speed than said band-cutters and adapted to engageand hold the tops of the bundles while the lower portions thereof arefed down said plate into said unobstructed space toward the cylinder bysaid band-cutters, substantially as described.

6. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination, with a reciprocatingplate having a series of longitudinal slots, of a band-cutting andfeeding mechanism operating above the same through said slots to cut thebundlebands and spread the grain, a bundle-carrier adapted to deliverthe bundles of grain upon said plate in position to be engaged by saidband-cuttingand feeding mechanism the loose grain being caught up bysaid plate, a second plate provided beneath said first-named plate toreceive the loose grain falling through said slots, and means forreciprocating said plates simultaneously, substantially as described.

7. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination, with a pivotedreciprocating plate having a toothed or corrugated surface and providedwith a series of longitudinal slots, of a rotary band-cutting andfeeding mechanism operating above said plate through said slots, abundle-carrier adapted to deliver the bundles of grain to said feedmechanism, the loose grain falling upon said plate, a second toothed orcorrugated plate arranged beneath said first-named plate to receive thekernels of grain therefrom, and means for reciprocating said plate inthe same direction alternately, substantially as described.

8. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination, with an arched swingingplate having a corrugated surface and provided with a series oflongitudinal slots, of a rotary band-cutting and feeding mechanismoperating above said plate through said slots, a bundle-carrier todeliver the bundles of grain to said feed mechanism, the loose grainfalling upon said plate, a second corrugated plate provided heneath saidfirst-named plate, pivoted levers having their ends pivotally connected,respectively, to said plates, and means for operating said leverstoreciprocate said plates in the same direction alternately, substantiallyas described.

9. In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination, with a cylinder andfeed-board, of a plate located above said board and inclined toward thesame, links whereon the inner end of said plate is pivotallysupported,'a series of band-cutters and feeders operating throughlongitudinal slots in said plate and adapted to cut the bands of bundlesdeposited thereon, the loose seeds falling on said plate, a crank-shaftprovided near the receiving end of said plate, a pitman rod or'linkconnecting said crank shaft and said plate, whereby a swingingreciprocating movementis imparted to the latter to advance the seeds andfine material thereon toward said cylinder, and a second reciprocatingplate provided beneath said first-named plate to receive the seeds andfine material falling through the slots therein, substantially asdescribed.

10. In aband-cutte'r and feeder, the combination, with a reciprocatingplate having a corrugated surface and provided with a series oflongitudinal slots, of a rot-aryband-cutting and feeding mechanismoperating above said plate through said slots, a bundle-carrier adaptedto deliver the bundles of grain to said feed mechanism, the loose grainfalling upon said plate, a second corrugated plate arranged beneath saidfirst-named plate to receive the loose grain falling through said slots,lever pivotally connected to said plates and pivotally supported atpoints intermediate thereto, a crank-shaft and pit man links or rodsconnecting said crank-shaft with said levers, whereby said plates willbe reciprocated in the same direction alternately, sub stantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of March,1900.

AUGUST J. HEINE. In presence of EUGENE RHULER, S. H. SNYDER,

